| Extending your living space to the Great Outdoors, | | | | or mold? |
| creating a cushy relaxation and entertainment space | | | | * Adding Electrical And Plumbing. Hire a professional to |
| on your new patio deck is what the new generation | | | | run power to your outdoor living room so that you |
| of outdoor living rooms offer. Affordable, casual living | | | | can use lights, plug in your sound system, use a bar |
| with outdoor room ideas perfect for entertaining, | | | | refrigerator to store snacks for barbeque |
| cook-outs, sun tanning, lounging listening to music or | | | | meal-making. Additional exterior plumbing is a great |
| even watching widescreen TV. | | | | convenience, but in most parts of the country poses |
| Yes ... but ... a great chair, a new barbecue, a set of | | | | maintenance and winter-freeze issues, so professional |
| speakers also looks inviting to birds, mice, spiders and | | | | installation is a must. |
| even snakes. Result? Outdoor room designs are | | | | Keeping The Bugs And Birds At Bay - The Outdoor |
| becoming more comfort-focused, more pragmatic, | | | | Screen Room. "No-see-ums" gnats, flies, mosquitoes, |
| even more "defensive" as families leave behind close | | | | spiders, and an entomologist's dream-load of ant |
| door air conditioned living for the Great Open Spaces. | | | | species are just waiting for your outdoor living room. |
| Outdoor Room Ideas - Best Laid Plans Come True. | | | | Throw in several hundred local bird species or the |
| The best in outdoor room ideas balance the "good, | | | | blow-in Canadian goose to drop "special goodies" on |
| bad and ugly" realities of Mother Nature. Forget about | | | | your new patio paver stones or furniture and you've |
| old-fashioned hard-backed severe metal seating and | | | | discovered the reason why outdoor screen rooms |
| tables, when you can get weather resistant plush | | | | are the outdoor room design numero ono |
| wide bottomed outdoor room furniture, even zero | | | | homeowner need. Where there's food, you might |
| gravity recliners to literally take the load off your | | | | well draw in mice, even rats ... and the snakes follow |
| feet while you enjoy a sunset or refreshing iced drink | | | | just behind. Just like you, everyone from the world |
| or a 4-course meal. | | | | of outdoor creatures looks for food, warmth, |
| * Food And Dining El Fresco. Like composite deck | | | | security, a new home away from enemies ...so unless |
| materials, outdoor room furniture exploits the long-life | | | | you create door jams with tight seals, and keep up |
| low maintenance possibilities of composite | | | | the maintenance on your screen netting, you'll get |
| manufactured materials, along with natural products | | | | "guests". |
| like cedar for tables and chairs. Outdoor dining rooms | | | | Outdoor Dining Room. Think food ... ants ... other bugs. |
| can be wonderfully relaxing ... but the presence of | | | | No amount of comfy outdoor living room furniture |
| your food will act as a beacon to Mother Nature. | | | | can overcome a deluge of crawlies. Solution? Tight |
| Squirrels, ants, mosquitoes, birds, worms, spiders and | | | | construction, from your patio paver stones or brick |
| all manner of beastie will be drawn like a magnet to | | | | patio design up to your deck railings or your outdoor |
| the smells and crumbs from your meal. Clean-ups | | | | screen room, you'll need to think "defensively" in |
| become all-important as your outdoor living room | | | | order to get the sort of peace and enjoyment |
| competes with Darwin's world of animals and plants | | | | you're looking for. |
| all seeking small advantages in resources, happily | | | | Outdoor Bedrooms. Night sounds ... crickets ... |
| contributed by you with your deck, outdoor living | | | | possums ... fireflies ... coyotes barking ... V-formation |
| room furniture and food. | | | | geese winging by in moonlight. All this and more will |
| * Music And Film. Installing outdoor deck lighting, along | | | | be possible if you're bold enough to venture beyond |
| with underlying electrical power points is key to | | | | Appalachian Trail tents into a patio or lawn centered |
| delivering the best of your sound collection to | | | | outdoor bedroom. |
| yourself and friends. While a number of | | | | * Keeping It Simple And Cost-Effective. Simplicity is |
| manufacturers claim that their outdoor living room | | | | the key. Preventive design measures to keep the |
| music speakers are "100% weather proof", most | | | | bugs bugging someone else is "mission critical" if |
| models aren't. Even speakers armed with all manner | | | | you're going to get a good night's sleep ... and avoid |
| of protective cover manage to rust ... and what | | | | potentially unpleasant mosquito borne disease |
| electrical or electronic gadget has ever been able to | | | | transmission including West Nile virus ... or crawling |
| resist the relentless new-home-finding drive of ants | | | | dot-sized Lymes Disease ticks. |